From Revelation 7, by Jesus. “The Kingdom of God is within you,” as appears in Luke, Chapter XVII, verse 20-21, has led to an entirely false understanding of what I meant to convey. The fact is that certain spokesmen for the Pharisees asked me when the Kingdom of God would come, and my answer was that it had already come, for wherever I went I brought with me the Kingdom. That is the meaning of the verse, “…when he was demanded of the Pharasees, when the Kingdom of God should come, he answered them saying, the Kingdom of God cometh not with observation – meaning as a visible manifestation, for beholding the Kingdom does not comes through the eyes of mortal man, …behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”
“The Greek word “entos”, however , does not mean “within you”, but “in the midst of”. The incorrect translation arose from the fact that the translator sought to write not what the Greek word actually meant, but what seemed to make sense to him in the light of his own imperfect understanding of what those verses meant, for he thought that mere faith in Jesus and fidelity to the rite of communion, made Jesus – and therefore God – one with him.
“Development of the faculties of the soul will help man to purify his soul and enable him to reach toward the Paradise of the first parents before their fall from grace. This, however, is not the state of the soul achieved through transformation which takes place only through the efficacy of the Divine Love, which enters the soul through the workings of the Holy Spirit. Paradise, or purification of the soul, is the state of prefect natural man, but has nothing of the Divine Angel or at-Onement with the Father.”
It seems to me that, as a result of mistranslations of scritpures and the limitations of our material minds to grasp spiritual truths, we should strive to develop the perceptions of our souls, by praying for Divine Love and Faith from the Source. I feel that a persons sincere desires ‘to know the truth’ and to develop their soul in God’s Grace, will open their soul to the reception of guidance from their guardian spirits. God Loves all beloved souls, everywhere, and has created laws to help guide them toward the Light of Love. It is up to each individual person to find their own Way toward the Celestial Kingdom of God’s Divine Love. Amen